The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance
Index

The EPI centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: 1)
reducing environmental stresses on human health and 2) protecting
ecosystem vitality. Environmental health and ecosystem vitality are
gauged using sixteen indicators tracked in six established policy
categories: Environmental Health, Air Quality, Water Resources,
Biodiversity and Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Sustainable
Energy. The EPI complements a separate index, the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index
(ESI). The ESI is a gauge of a country's long-term
environmental trajectory, whereas the EPI focuses on a country's current
environmental performance. For more on the two indexes, see the complete
literature on the EPI and the ESI at www.yale.edu/epi/ .

Rank

Country

Rank

Country

1.

New Zealand

68.

Morocco

2.

Sweden

69.

Armenia

3.

Finland

70.

Kazakhstan

4.

Czech Rep.

71.

Bolivia

5.

United Kingdom

72.

Ghana

6.

Austria

73.

El Salvador

7.

Denmark

74.

Zimbabwe

8.

Canada

75.

Moldova

9.

Malaysia

76.

South Africa

10.

Ireland

77.

Georgia

11.

Portugal

78.

Uganda

12.

France

79.

Indonesia

13.

Iceland

80.

Kyrgyzstan

14.

Japan

81.

Nepal

15.

Costa Rica

82.

Tunisia

16.

Switzerland

83.

Tanzania

17.

Colombia

84.

Benin

18.

Norway

85.

Egypt

19.

Greece

86.

Côte d'Ivoire

20.

Australia

87.

Central African Rep.

21.

Italy

88.

Myanmar

22.

Germany

89.

Rwanda

23.

Spain

90.

Romania

24.

Taiwan

91.

Malawi

25.

Slovakia

92.

Namibia

26.

Chile

93.

Kenya

27..

Netherlands

94.

China

28.

United States

95.

Azerbaijan

29.

Cyprus

96.

Papua New Guinea

30.

Argentina

97.

Syria

31.

Slovenia

98.

Zambia

32.

Russia

99.

Vietnam

33.

Hungary

100.

Cameroon

34.

Brazil

101.

Swaziland

35.

Trinidad and Tobago

102.

Laos

36.

Lebanon

103.

Togo

37.

Panama

104.

Turkmenistan

38.

Poland

105.

Uzbekistan

39.

Belgium

106.

Gambia

40.

Ecuador

107.

Senegal

41.

Cuba

108.

Burundi

42.

South Korea

109.

Liberia

43.

Jamaica

110.

Cambodia

44.

Venezuela

111.

Sierra Leone

45.

Israel

112.

Congo

46.

Gabon

113.

Guinea

47.

Unit. Arab Em.

114.

Haiti

48.

Suriname

115.

Mongolia

49.

Turkey

116.

Madagascar

50.

Bulgaria

117.

Tajikistan

51.

Ukraine

118.

India

52.

Honduras

119.

Dem. Rep. of Congo

53.

Iran

120.

Guinea-Bissau

54.

Dominican Republic

121

Mozambique

55.

Philippines

122.

Yemen

56.

Nicaragua

123.

Nigeria

57.

Albania

124.

Sudan

58.

Guatemala

125.

Bangladesh

59.

Saudi Arabia

126.

Burkina Faso

60.

Oman

127.

Pakistan

61.

Thailand

128.

Angola

62.

Paraguay

129.

Ethiopia

63.

Algeria

130.

Mali

64.

Jordan

131.

Mauritania

65.

Peru

132.

Chad

66.

Mexico

133.

Niger

67.

Sri Lanka

Source: Developed by the Center for Environmental
Law & Policy at Yale University and the Center for International
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University in
collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research
Centre of the European Commission.